The manuscript for Star Wars: The Essential Atlas has survived its first round of editing! There are still more changes to be made (not to mention lots & lots of maps to make), but the book is close to 120,000 words.

A few miscellaneous quotes:

"This cradle of the early Republic became known as the Tetrahedron..."

"You'll be staring up at a matrix of neutron stars, pulsars and blue stragglers the Zeku call the Cosm's Well."

"...the blind berserkers of the Unknown Regions' Leech Legion."

"Spacers often emerged blind, nauseous, and with their nerves firing uncontrollably from just a few months in suspended animation."

"The Kymoodon Era began circa..."

"To enhance your enjoyment of tonight's program, a summary of the plot follows, with major recitatives and arias indicated. Translations from Old Brentaal will be provided on datapad channel 271."

Dan
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